At the Feet of the Badri

At the Feet of the Badri

Author: S. S. L. Malhotra

Publisher: New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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1975 travel impressions of pilgrimage centers in the Himalaya Mountains.


The House on Mall Road

The House on Mall Road

Author: Mohyna Srinivasan

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0143066145

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'My life was simple: repetitive, predictable. Then the predictability blew away like vapour when the bomb fell.' Seven-year-old Parvati's perfect world came crashing down the night the bomb fell on her house and she lost her mother and grandmother. Her father, an army officer deployed in Kashmir during the '71 war, also went missing that night. Orphaned overnight, Parvati left Ambala Cantt to live with her aunt's family. Now, twenty years later, she has returned to 169, The Mall to exorcize the ghosts of the past. While trying to find out what happened on that fateful night Parvati experiences the familiarity and warmth of life in a small cantonment-impromptu picnics, polo matches, husbands' nights. But she also uncovers deep secrets and a web of lies that will forever alter the course of her life. In The House on Mall Road Mohyna Srinivasan gives us a unique glimpse of life in the army-the hospitality of the people, their kindness and affection, the quaint yet charming traditions that uphold authority and valour while always maintaining respect and camaraderie. Dramatic and riveting, The House on Mall Road is a spellbinding debut novel.


Bharata Darshana

Bharata Darshana

Author: Sripad Rao Laxman Kulkarni

Publisher: Leela Prakashana

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 465

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Mr. Shripadrao Laxman Kulkarni, (S.L. Kulkarni) the author of this book, was a great source of inspiration to all of us as well as to the society at large. After a prolonged 20 years of his passing away on 7th May 1994 the complete literature is being brought out in the booking form. After reading out the 1“ volume of Shri. SLK's autobiography sent through email, our friend Mr. M. Vishwanath immediately dashed to my house the next day itself. He was so overwhelmed by the writings that he decided to publish his complete works. This was the turning point for the publication of this book which was my long-cherished aspiration. P.S.Kulkarni And All The members of the Author's family PUBLISHERS ‍ಇಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆ: ಲೀಲಾ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನ, ವಿಜಯಪುರ This book has been published by Leela Prakashana. ‍This book was produced with ePustaka - Ink and Weave initiative by Techfiz Inc. (https://techfiz.com) Reach us via [email protected]. This eBook has been prepared by Techfiz Inc ePustaka initiative - https://techfiz.com


It All Changes in An Instant

It All Changes in An Instant

Author: Ayyampalayam Raghavendra Rao

Publisher: Educreation Publishing

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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The value of friendship is great. Kadambini, Keertana, Kranti and Kartik as young aspirants join the coaching centre for Civil Services. Keertana from orphanage joins them. Kadambini befriends Keertana and promises to extend all financial help to her as she cannot afford. As luck would have it, while Kadambini is selected for IAS, Keertana is selected for IPS. Success does not adore Kranti and Kartik. They were not a disappointed type and seek jobs of their interest and settle. However, the foursome meet every month in spite of their positions held. It is once that Jayaram, the Managing Director of Polar Computers is brought to the Police Station on a theft case by Keertana, ACP but Jayaram proves beyond doubt that he is not the thief. Keertana is convinced and feels for her action and hosts a lunch. The conversation with Jayaram makes her trust him. He reveals her past. They soon become good friends. Keertana is interested to include Jayaram in their Group of Friends. She succeeds. everal incidents happen and Jayaram helps Kadambini and Keertana. He is held in high esteem by all the friends in the Group. The Forest Minister is involved in smuggling wood from the forests. A case is booked against him. His son is involved in a road rage case and is arrested. In both the cases, Kadambini and Keertana are responsible. So, with the help of the fugitive Sub Inspector Dakshina Murthy enginners a plan to liquidate them as well as Jayaram. But he fails everytime as Jayaram is on the scene. How the story ends is a total suspense.


In Women We Trust

In Women We Trust

Author: Naim Haroon Sakhia

Publisher: Acrobat Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1735453501

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A teenager’s indiscretion becomes a family tragedy and threatens to become a national scandal in this Pakistan-set drama. Gul is the 15-year-old son of poor people who work for Sardar Timur, a wealthy and powerful man in Hayatabad, Pakistan. He’s suddenly pulled into a brief sexual encounter with Timur’s daughter, Farah, on whom he has had a longtime crush, and the two are discovered in an unlucky moment that has extraordinary reverberations. Furious at what he feels is his mortification, Timur calls for a Panchayat, an “informal justice system” that empowers a council of locals to mete out determinations of guilt and innocence. Author Sakhia astutely captures the nature of these easily corruptible proceedings, which are officially illegal but largely ignored by the police. For Gul and his family, the stakes couldn’t be higher; he could be castrated or killed, and his relations could also suffer gruesome fates. Meanwhile, French journalist Arlette Baudis, who has accused the prime minister of Pakistan of sexual harassment, attempts to make the Panchayat fiasco into an issue of international interest—not only to highlight the nation’s corruption but also to challenge its sexist view of women. Over the course of this novel, the author presents a tale that is sinewy and rich, deftly depicting a traditional system of justice as a thinly disguised one of oppression. Sakhia’s sparse, straightforward prose is quietly moving, as when Baudis, in a fit of exasperated anger about the prime minister’s popular election, rages, “How stupid are you people? Where the damn hell is the moral compass?” Sakhia also manages, with great authorial restraint, to refrain from sacrificing the artistic elements of the story to a sententious lesson. Editorial Reviews: "A captivating drama in pursuit of dramatic truth." - Kirkus Reviews "This intense novel of power ... reveals urgent truths and will keep readers turning the pages." - Publishers Weekly


Seal Team Seven #22

Seal Team Seven #22

Author: Keith Douglass

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1101579854

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Lt. Cmdr. Blake Murdock is none too happy when he gets promoted to a position in the pentagon, organizing a new Navy and Marine quick-strike force. Still, orders are orders, and he is forced to leave his SEAL Team comrades behind. But when the First Lady is attacked and abducted by terrorists in the diamond-rich country of North Namibia, the President knows only one man tough enough to handle the situation. Now, Murdock and his SEALs are going to pay the kidnappers a different kind of ransom—in blood.


Dauntless Maverick

Dauntless Maverick

Author: Jaikishan Kalawapudi

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1637453590

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Meet Badri. A ninety-year-old ex-government servant, now on his deathbed, fighting a terminal ailment. His family has known him as a simple man, who has lived a normal middle-class life. Behind his veil of simplicity and unknown to his family, Badri has an unfathomable secret from his past. A secret that has triggered a series of events in his life, allowing him to amass wealth beyond his means. His inability to share his secrets with his family has never allowed him to live in peace. As his soul prepares for its last journey from this mortal world, it seeks closure and peace. Badri challenges his family to find out the truth. If they succeed, they will receive an inheritance, far beyond their imagination. If they don’t, all his wealth will be donated to charity. With the stakes raised high, Badri’s family accepts the challenge and embarks on the quest. Will they succeed in the challenge and inherit his hidden wealth? Find out more, as this book takes you through a roller coaster journey on Badri’s life and live the events that made him the man he became. Badri is the quintessential “Dauntless Maverick”, if ever there was one.


Overkill

Overkill

Author: James Barrington

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2011-07-06

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 0330536613

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A group of disgruntled Russian supremos decide the time has come to deploy their secret nuclear arsenal, and so team up with al-Qaeda in order to neutralise America and take political and economic control of western Europe. Only one man can stop them - a British agent called Paul Richter. As a Special Operations Officer working for British Intelligence, Richter discovers that Europe has been seeded with neutron bombs, while more lethal nuclear devices have been planted in strategic cities throughout America, which can be detonated by satellite at any moment. Now the US government is about to be handed an ultimatum - abandon Western Europe to the Russian forces or see millions of its citizens destroyed. But what the renegade Russians don't realise is their own allies' even deadlier agenda.